decrease, lessening, drop-off - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" destabilization - an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) ...
In Sect.2, we introduce a network conception of scientific theory. In Sect.3, we use simple examples to outline Bayesian updating in a theoretical structure in the course of an evidence barrage. In Sect.4, we demonstrate punctuated equilibrium in theoretical change across a variety of networks,...
7.13, it is better to keep their vertical locations from moving much so that the car equilibrium does not change. It is desirable to keep the roll centre from moving below the ground, see below, and having it a little above at the design point is an easy way of achieving this. Roll ...
(5) benefit transfer that estimates the value of ESs at a new site by transferring and adjusting previous value estimates of the same ESs from one or multiple sites (Kubiszewski et al., 2013); and (6) economic modelling (e.g., price of raw materials elicited from computable equilibrium ...
Coastal erosion, for example, is a phenomenon that illustrates punctuated equilibrium. The coastline in general is stable until a severe storm, or extreme wave, erodes it, after which it remains stable until the next severe storm or wave. But there are occurrences when extreme weather events ...
The creators of equilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics developed a conception of processes which bears on metaphysical discussions of change, occurrents, and continuants and merits the attention of contemporary analytic metaphysicians. It concerns the macroscopic domain, from which metaphysicians ...
Most ecosystems, however, are not in equilibrium. Rather, they change over time and are often recovering from past disturbances1. This is particularly true today, as increasing human domination of the biosphere2 pushes many ecosystems towards a more dynamic, early-successional state. Although Odum3...
The Earth’s climate would enter a chaotic era lasting thousands of years before natural processes eventually establish some sort of equilibrium. Whether human beings would still be a force on the planet, or even survive, is a moot point. One thing seems certain: there will be far fewer of...
In theory, knitted loops move towards a three-dimensional configuration of minimum energy as the strains caused during production are allowed to be dissipated so that eventually, like all mechanical structures, a knitted fabric will reach a stable state of equilibrium with its surroundings and will ...
Added both resonance and equilibrium arrows. Text can now be added to reaction arrows by defining strings to the Line.topText and Line.bottomText variables. Pushers can now be hovered so they can be deleted like other regular shapes. Internal improvements to the code to change all closure base...